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The farm which he inherited jointly with his broth- er John, who subsequently sold his rights, origi- nally included about one-third of Rattlesnake Hill, where the famous Concord granite is quarried. The sale of this stone placed Mr. Abbott in easy cir- cumstances. He extensively remodelled the old house, which was built about 1760, and added new barns and outbuildings.
Mr. Abbott possessed scholarly tastes, and was a diligent reader of solid books .. He was well in- . formed on local history, and enjoyed talking about early times. In 1889 when the New Hampshire Pa- triot issued a special number commemorating its eightieth anniversary, Mr. Abbott was prevailed up- on to give several columns of reminiscences of his youth, and the article presents a vivid picture of social and domestic life in Concord during the carly part of the nineteenth century. Mr. Abbott was much interested in genealogical matters, and the records relating to the Abbott and Farnum fam- ilies in Bouton's History of Concord came from his pen. He always took an interest in public affairs and politics. and was a Whig until the formation of the Republican party, which he joined. He was representative to the New Hampshire Legislature in 1847 and 1848, and was one of the three select- men elected in Ward Three at the first election of officers under the city charter of Concord in 1853. He was a life long member of the West Parish Congregational Church, was a strong advocate of temperanee, and was a prominent member of the Reform Club at West Concord. Mr. Abbott in- herited some of the best qualities of his Puritan an- cestors and his death in his eighty-eighth year left a large place unfilled.
On February 8, 1837, Simeon Abbott married Mary Farnum, daughter of Simeon and Mary ( Smith) Farnum, of East Concord, New Hamp- shire, who was born June 25, 1814, and died March 28, 1898. ( See Farnum V). They had ten chil- dren, of whom nine lived to mature years. The children were: Amos S., Rebecca C., Mary S., Abiel C., Calvin F., Stephen F., Louise G., Clara A., Martha W., and Andrew J. Amos S. is the subject of the succeeding paragraph. Rebecca Chamberlain was born August 26, 1839. The eldest daughter of a large family, she has always been the mainstay in the home where her whole life has been spent, and where countless guests have reason to bless her hospitality. Mary S., born August 26, 1841, is the wife of Fred Chandler ( See Chandler, X). Abial C. is the subject of a later paragraph. Calvin Farnum, born January 29, 1846, died March 24. 1847. Stephen Farnum, born January 11, 1849, was cut off in the prime of young manhood April
26, 1878. Louise Gould was born December 30, 1850. She was educated in the local schools and at New London Academy, and was a successful teacher for several years. She married George A. Capen Septemher 9, 1874. Most of her married life was spent in the West and she died at Omaha, Ne- braska. March 19, 1891, leaving seven children. Clara Ann was born December 20, 1852. For many years she was organist at the West Concord church, of which she was a devoted member. Of a gener- ous, self-sacrificing nature she was greatly beloved by all who knew her. Her death occurred April 5, 1905. Martha Warde was born May 3. 1855. She possessed a sweet and gentle disposition, and was literally a ministering angel in the home. Her un- timely death occurred July 9, 1896. Andrew J. re- teives mention in a later paragraph.
(VII ) Amos Smith, eldest son of Simeon and Mary (Farnum) Abbott, was born in West Con-
cord, December 24, 1839. After attending the pub- lic schools and one term at Hopkinton Academy, he entered the employ of Joseph Palmer, at the age of nineteen, and learned the trade of spring maker. After working at his trade three years, the Civil war broke out, and he enlisted in Company F, Sec- ond Regiment United States Volunteer Sharpshoot- ers. September 28, 1861, and was mustered into ser- vice with his company November 26, 1861, as a pri- vate, and was later promoted to corporal. He was discharged at Concord, February 26, 1863, on ac- count of disabilities incurred while in service. Re- turning to West Concord he was employed in the Holden Mills for a time, and then, 1864, went to Concord where he has ever since worked at his trade, for the Abbott-Downing Company, his term of service covering a period of forty-two years- truly an unusually long time for a man to be stead- ily employed by the same firin at the same trade, and at the same place. Mr. Abbott is a Republican, and still votes as he shot in the time of the rebel- lion. He is a member of Post No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Sons of the Revolution, and attends the Unitarian Church. He married in West Concord, New Hampshire, Harriet A. Wil- liams, born in Dracut, Massachusetts, 1840, died in Concord, 1900. They were the parents of two children : Hattie P .. born November 30. 1865, married Arthur Gault, and lives in California; they had one child, Enid P. Gault, born July 9, 1888. Amos Otis, the second child of Amos S. and Har- riet ( Williams) Abbott, was born in Concord, 1878, and resides in Concord.
(VII) Abial Chandler Abbott. fourth child and second son of Simeon and Mary (Farnum) Abbott, was born October 17, 1843. He attended school until he was eighteen years old, and then assisted his father on the farm for the next two years. In 1866 he entered the employ of the Quincy Granite Railway Company of West Concord, where he re- mained twenty-three years, and then filled a similar position in the service of Abijah Hollis for some years. After working for a time for the Quincy company he took a place with the New England Granite Company, which he now fills. In 1872 he bought a commodious house in West Concord where he has since lived. He owns a third interest in a ledge of granite on Rattlesnake Hill which has never been worked. August 27, 1864, he enlisted in Company E. First New Hampshire Heavy Artil- lery, and served nearly a year in the Army of the Potomac, chiefly employed in garrison duty about Washington, and was discharged June 15, 1865. Ur. Abbott is a Republican, and has filled the fol- lowing named offices: Selectman, one term; super- visor, one term; member of the common council, two years ; member of the legislature, two years. He was made a Mason in early life, and has since been a member of Eureka Lodge, No. 70, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member of Davis Post, No. 44, Grand Army of the Republic, the New Hampshire Chapter, Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution, and of the West Concord Fire Com- pany. His membership in the last named organiza- tion covers a period of forty-five years. He has been a member of the West Parish Congregational Church for ten years. Abial C. Abbott married, December 25. 1872, Mary Francis, daughter of James and Sarah ( Haggis) Francis, of Lowell, Massachusetts. They have two children: James, born September 24, 1873, a stone-cutter in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and Rebecca, born September 27. 1877, graduated from the Concord High School in 1898, and married Robert Henry, a silversmith of Concord. They
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have three children: Arthur F., born July 25, 1900; Richard Abbott, March 12, 1903; Mary Jeannette, April 20, 1905.
(VII) Andrew James, tenth and youngest child of Simeon and Mary (Farnum) Abbott, of the seventh generation of George Abbot, the immigrant, was born in West Concord, December 19, 1850, and educated in the schools of the town until eighteen years of age. He has always lived on the farm settled by his forefathers in the Rattle Snake Plain. Mr. Abbott has fifty acres of the old farm, and is a successful grain and fruit raiser, and besides his home place, owns four houses in other parts of the town. He has had one experience somewhat unique in New Hampshire agriculture. During the grass- hopper scourge of 1900, he caught two hundred bushels of grasshoppers, for which the state paid him two hundred dollars bounty. He is a Republi- can, and is interested in public affairs, but not in politics. He is a member of the West Concord Congregational Church, of the Sons of the Revolu- tion, and of the West Concord Fire Company. He is a social, thrifty man, and unmarried. In his house, built in 1760, four generations of his an- cestors have lived and died, and himself and his sister, Rebecca C. Abbott, are now the sole occu- pants.
(III) Paul, seventh son and eighth child of William and Elizabeth (Gray) Abbot, was born in Andover, March 28, 1697, and died in Pomfret, Connecticut, May 6, 1752. He was a farmer by occupation, and moved from Andover to Pomfret about 1722. He married, February 8, 1720, Eliza- beth Gray, who died July 9, 1765. Their twelve children were: Nathan, William, Benjamin, Eliza- beth (died young), Mary, Sarah, Isaac, Darius, Elizabeth, Harriet, Hannah and Asa.
(IV) Darius, fifth son and eighth child of Paul and Elizabeth (Gray) Abbot, was born in Pomfret, Connecticut, October 16, 1734, and died in Hills- boro, New Hampshire, in 1817, aged eighty-three. He was a farmer and removed from Connecticut to Amherst, New Hampshire, and later to Hills- borough. He married, November 1, 1757, Mary Holt, and they were the parents of Anna, Henry, Elizabeth, Paul, Tryphena, Calvin, Hannah, Luther (died young), Luther, Mary and Nancy.
(V) Calvin, fourth son and sixth child of Darius and Mary (Holt) Abbot, was born in Hills- boro, New Hampshire, April 15, 1771, and died in Barre, Vermont, August 14, 1841, aged seventy. He was a farmer all his life, the latter part of which was spent at Barre. He married Lucy Dutton, of Hillsboro, born May 16, 1781, died in Barre, Ver- mont, April 15, 1851, aged seventy. They were the parents of seven children : John D., Lucy, Betsey, Calvin, Henry, Almond, and Joel, whose sketch follows.
(VI) Joel, youngest child of Calvin and Lucy (Dutton) Abbot, was born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, October 4, 1820. At the age of fourteen he accompanied his parents in their removal to Barre, Vermont. In 1845, he went to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he dealt in ice, until 1861, when he removed to Maynard, Massachusetts, and engaged in farming. He continued in this busi- ness until age and failing health compelled him to retire from active life. He married (first) May 15, 1855, Martha A. Nichols, of Barre, Vermont, died September, 1855; and (second), April 15, 1858, Maria Bragdon Brown.
(VII) Charles Clemence, son of Joel Abbott, was born in Assabet, now Maynard, Massachusetts, November 12, 1861. He was educated in the com-
mon schools of Maynard, and at Bryant and Strat- ton's Business College in Boston. He was the proprietor of a retail grocery store in Maynard for five years, and then removed to Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts, where he was employed by C. C. Cross and Company. wholesale grocers, as a travelling salesman for five years. In January, 1888, he re- moved to Keene, New Hampshire, and became senior partner in a grocery firm. In 1890 Mr. Abbott bought out his partner's interest and formed the Abbott Grocery Company, which he successfully. managed until 1894, when he originated the firm known as Cross, Abbott & Company, wholesale dealers in groceries, of White River Junction, Ver- mont, which has been a prosperous house with a growing trade from its start until now. Mr. Ab- bott by strenuous and unceasing activity has suc- ceeded in life. His fortune is of his own making and reflects credit on his skill and judgment as a merchant. His principal financial interest outside of his business is in the Cheshire National Bank, of which he is a director. He is a Mason, and a member of the Wentworth and Monodnock Clubs, of the former of which he is president. In religious faith he is a Unitarian. He married Claribel Burham.
(II) Benjamin, sixth son and eighth child of George and Hannah (Chandler) Abbot, was born December 20, 1661, at Andover, Massachusetts. He lived on a farm near the Shawshene river, in An- dover, and was an active, enterprising and respected citizen. In 1685 he married Sarah, daughter of Ralph Farnum, one of the early settlers of An- dover. They had four sons: Benjamin, Jonathan, whose sketch follows, David and Samuel. Benja- min Abbott died March 30, 1703.
(III) Jonathan, third son and child of Benja- min and Sarah (Farnum) Abbott, was born in September, 1687. In 1713 he married Zerviah, prob- ably daughter of Nicholas and Mary (Manning) Holt, of Andover, and they had eight children : Jonathan, David, Nathan, Mary, Zervialı, Job, Sam- uel, whose sketch follows, and Jeremiah. Jonathan Abbott died March 21, 1770.
(IV) Samuel, fifth son and seventh child of Jonathan and Zerviah (Holt) Abbott, was born October I, 1727, and settled in Pembroke, New Hampshire. In 1776 he signed the Association Test. On July 12, 1749, he married Miriam Stevens and they had eleven children: Samuel, Ebenezer, Abi- gail, mentioned below, Judith, Jeremiah, Sarah, Lydia, Ezra, William, Rachel and Miriam.
(V) Abigail, eldest daughter and third child of Samuel and Miriam (Stevens) Abbott, was born at Pembroke, New Hampshire, September 6, 1753. On April 18, 1791, she married Benjamin Whitte- more, of Concord, New Hampshire, who was the third son of Rev. Aaron Whittemore, the first set- tled minister of Pembroke. (See Whittemore, XV).
(II) Thomas, tenth child and eighth son of George and Hannah (Chandler) Abbott, was born May 6, 1666, and died April 28, 1728. He was a farmer, and lived on the west side of Shawshene river, Andover, near his brother Benjamin. The farm remained in his family a century. He was a strict Puritan, and taught his children to rever- ence the Sabbath and keep it holy, and to make the Bible their only rule of faith and practice. He married, December 7, 1697, Hannah Gray, born November 30, 1674, died 1763. They had children : Thomas; Hannah; Edward; Deborah; George; Zebadiah; Benjamin and Catherine (twins) ; Aaron, and Isaac. The average life of the ten children was fifty-five years.
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(III) George, fifth child and third son of Thomas and llannah (Gray) Abbot, was born No- vember 7, 1706, and died October 6, 1785, aged sev- enty-nine. By purchasing an original right he be- came proprietor in the town of "Penny Cook," now Concord, New Hampshire, where he settled as early as 1732. He was a deacon in the First Congregational Church forty-one years. In 1746 his house was garrisoned for defense against the Indians. He was enterprising and industrious, be- nevolent and charitable and was so distinguished for providence and good sense. that his observations were for many years cherished by his neighbors as maxims for the regulation of their conduct. A strict observer of the Sabbath he was constantly with his family at public worship, and carefully instructed his children in the various duties of life and in the Christian religion. He married, Febru- ary 1, 1737, Sarah Abbot, born October 6, 1711. died June 14, 1769. She was kind and charitable, and not only relieved the immediate wants of the poor, but gave them advice and instruction, both temporal and spiritual, to promote their future comfort. She lived the life of a Christian, and died in the hope of a glorious immortality. The nine children of George and Sarah (Abbot) Abbot were: Daniel, George, Joseph, Samuel, Stephen (died young), Stephen, Nathan (died young), Nathan and Ezra. (IV) Daniel. eldest child of George and Sarah ( Abbot) Abbot, was born August 7, 1738, and died June 1I, 1804. When a boy he was taken by the Indians. By engaging with spirit in everything which they considered manly, and spurning all they considered the drudgery of squaws and unbe- coming a warrior, he so won their esteem that they promised to adopt him and make him a chief. After he had been some time with them they ohtained sev- eral pairs of skates. He soon perceived they were unskilled in the use of them, and, having obtained permission put on a pair of them, appeared to be as inexperienced in their use as they were, till, their attention being turned from him, he got behind a point of land, then, being a good skater. he put forth all his strength, and neither their shouts nor balls could stop him; and, though they pursued him, he escaped. This happened on Lake Champlain. and having reached the south end of it he found his way to Albany, and returned to Concord. Ile was a good farmer, distinguished for the culti- vation of fruit, lived in Concord, near the south end of Long Pond, where his son Nathan K. lived in 1847. He married (first) Rachel, daughter of Na- thaniel Abbott, and great-granddaughter of George, the settler of Andover. (See Nathaniel (2). III). Their children were: Beriah, Sarah (died at twelve years), Samuel, Jeremiah, Daniel (died young), Daniel, George, Thomas, Abial, Peter, Hazeltine, Benjamin, Judith and a child not named. He mar- ried (second) January 1, 1789, Mercy Kilburn. and their children were: Sarah, Hannah, Lois Susan- nah and Nathan K. (Benjamin and descendants receive notice in this article.)
(V) Samuel Abbott, second child and eldest son of Daniel and Rachel ( Abbott) Abbot, was born March 26. 1764, in Concord, and settled on a farm on the opposite side of the road from his father. He was a devout man and was a prosperous farmer and respected. IIe passed his entire life in Concord, where he died December 1, 1849. He was married November 17, 1787, to Mary T. Story, who was born October 16 1764, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary (Burnham) Story, of Hopkinton, New Ilampshire. They lived together sixty-two years, and were separated only three weeks by death, she
passing away at the age of eighty-five years, De- cember 22, 1849. Their children were: Rachel, Jere, Polly, Huldah, Joseph S., George D. and Abi- gail Story.
(VI) Joseph S .. second son and fifth child of Samuel and Mary T. (Story) Abbott, was born May 28, 1800. in Concord, and died April 10. 1878, near the close of his seventy-eighth year. He at- tended the common schools until the age of four- teen years, when he entered upon a seven years' apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, in West Concord. He became an expert workman and was employed at his trade in Manchester for a total of thirteen years. He was industrious and saved his earnings. and in 1827 he was able to purchase a farm on Dimond Hill, in Concord, which is still in possession of his descendants. One of his con- tracts was for the construction of a house at Am- herst for Robert Means, an attorney of that town and the letter of appreciation and endorsement given him by Mr. Means is appended hereto :
"Amherst, N. H., Sept. 16th, 1825. "To Mr. Joseph S. Abbott,
"Sir: Having this evening finished my house after being in my employ winter and summer you may feel a desire that I should give you some evi- dence of the opinion time has given me an oppor- tunity to form of you and your work.
"I assure you, sir, I never sat down to a more pleasant duty. During the eleven months you have been in my employ I have never for a moment been dissatisfied with you .- You have never left your work for an hour without my permission cheerfully given, and you have uniformly attended early and late .- With regard to your work I am satisfied. It is as good as any man can do with the same ma- terials.+To sum all I would say in one word. Yon are the best mechanic and most industrious man I ever had in my employ in my life,-and you will always have the best wishes of
"Your obedient servant and friend,
"ROBERT MEANS."
Mr. Abbott was noted for his skill as a mechanic and besides building houses, he operated a sash and blind shop across the road from his house which is still standing. Here he took lumber direct from the saw mill and constructed entirely by hand sashes and blinds during the winter and marketed the same in the spring when the season of building be- gan. Mr. Abbott was an attendant of the Congrega- tional Church, of which his wife was a member, but suffered deafness so that he could not enjoy the services in his later years. In politics he was a Whig, and he was a regular attendant at the town meetings, but took no further part in politics. He was married December 24, 1827, to Esther Farnum, daughter of Isaac and Hannah ( Martin) Farnum, of Concord (see Farnum. V). She was born No- vember 2. 1803, and survived her husband more than twelve years. dying October 15, 1800. They had two children: Almira F., the eldest, died un- married December 2, 1862. The son is the subject of the succeeding paragraph.
(VII) Isaac Newton, only son of Joseph S. and Esther (Farnum) Abbott, was born January 4. 1835. on his father's farm on Dimond Hill, in Con- cord. Ile was educated in Hopkinton and New London. Upon attaining his majority he finished his studies and returned to the farm, where he has since resided. This farm, which includes the top of Dimond Hill, is one of the best in this part of the country and contains two hundred acres. Since his father's death Mr. Abbott has remodeled all the buildings and in 1882 he built a large barn. Ile
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is affiliated with the North Congregational Church of Concord. Politically he is of the faith of Lincoln and Roosevelt. He has represented his ward in the city councils and in the state legislature ; has been a justice of the peace forty-five years, and school district clerk for fifty successive years. For some years past he has not been active in farming. He is much employed with settling estates and other probate work, and constantly handles large sums belonging to others. Mr. Abbott is a gentle- man whose appearance and manner invite the confi- dence and respect of those who meet him. No citizen of the town has a fairer record than he. He married, November 26, 1862, Martha Smith. born December 15. 1839, in Hopkinton, daughter of Aaron and Eliza ( Sherburne) Smith. Aaron Smith was born in Hopkinton, September. 1796, and died in the same town September 19, 1847. Eliza Sher- burne was born at Portsmouth, June. I, 1802, and died September 23, 1858, in Hopkinton. The chil- dren of Isaac N. and Martha ( Smith) Abbott are : Almira F .. born October 7. 1864, married Alfred Clark, a native of White River Junction, Vermont, who now lives in Concord: Joseph Newton born November 18, 1866, married Martha Olive Chase, March 17. 1897, cultivates the homestead and con- ducts a dairy business : Helen Smith, born October 20, 1873, is unmarried and lives with her parents. (V) Benjamin, ninth son and tenth child of Daniel and Rachel ( Abbott) Abbot, was born March 29, 1782 in Concord, and was a shoe maker in that town. He married Esther, daughter of Na- thaniel C. Currier, and their children were: Jede- diah, Nathaniel, Benjamin K., Horace S., Thomas W., James B. and Wilkes S.
(VI) Thomas W., fifth son and child of Benja- min and Esther (Currier) Abbott, was born July 4, 1815, and reared in Concord. Soon after his mar- riage he went to Andover, New Hampshire, and for some years tilled a farm on Taunton Hill, in that town, which he leased. Returning to Concord he bought a farm of thirty acres at Millville upon which he lived the remainder of his life, making ad- ditions until it comprised forty-five acres. He died March 5, 1884, upon this farm. During most of his active life he was employed in building operations. With one other he framed all the railroad buildings from Nashua to Concord, inclusive, besides flour mills at Pembroke and many other buildings in his section. He was a member of the Methodist Church. and was an old-line Democrat in political principle. He was married, in 18441, to Adeline Vent, of Pitts- field, New Ilampshire, who was born October 8, 1818, and died June 22, 1867. She was a daughter of Charles Vent. a silversmith, who was born and died in Pittsfield. Following is a brief mention of their children: Esther Jane is the widow of Na- thaniel Phillips, and has one son who is a gunner in the United States navy. Caroline M., widow of George B. Daniels, resides in Jacksonville, Illinois, and has two daughters. George W., the third, is the subject of the succeeding paragraph. Mary A. married James Joy and died at Jacksonville, Illi- nois, in 1875. Harriet A. resides in Concord, un- married and Emma A. is a spinster, living in Jack- sonville. Illinois. Charles F. died before he was thirteen years of age.
(VII) George Washington, eldest son and third child of Thomas W. and Adeline ( Vent ) Abbott, was born Janrary 15, 1847, in Andover, New Hamp- shire, and was reared in Concord. He attended school until sixteen years of age when he began to learn the carpenter's trade with E. B. Hutchin- son, of Concord. He continued with this employer
as apprentice and journeyman until 1895, when in company, with others he formed the Hutchinson Building Company (a co-partnership ) and purchased the business of Mr. Hutchinson, which has since been continued with great success. Mr. Abbott is manager of a department of the work and much of the firm's prosperity is due to his industry and sagacious management. He draws most of the plans used by this concern and the business is con- stantly growing, including many large contracts. Mr. Abbott is actively identified with the best inter- ests of Concord, and he is ever doing his share in promoting the progress of his home town. He is an attendant of the Episcopal Church, and is affiliated with Rumford Lodge, No. 46, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has filled the principal chairs. In 1889-90 he served as assessor of ward six. being one of the few Democrats who have ever been elected in that ward. He is fond of shooting and has few superiors at target practice. His elc- gant case of rifles is calculated to please the eye of the sportsman and target shooter. Mr. Abbott was married September 2. 1874, to Miss Margaret Wier, of Plattsburg, New York. She was a daugh- ter of James and Betsey Wier, of Beekmantown, New York, of Scotch birth. She died in October, 1002, leaving two sons: Charles F. and Edward WV. The elder is southern manager for a Boston mercantile house, and resides in New Orleans. The latter resides with and assists his father in busi- ness. He married Blanche Emery, of Concord.
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